Monday, September 22, 2014

Things are rarely what they seem. Records confirm
the Bolshevik leaders were on Germany's payroll during World War I in a
sort of "work release program", their mission was to bring down the
Czar and take Russia out of the war, which they did. This was well known
even at the time, long before the documents were made public. Leon
Trotsky found it necessary to say,

"They are
throwing dirty accusations at Lenin and Zinoviev. Lenin has fought
thirty years for the revolution. I have fought for twenty years against
the oppression of the people. And we cannot but cherish a hatred for
German militarism. I have been sentenced by a German court to eight
months' imprisonment for my struggle against German militarism. This
everybody knows. Let nobody in this hall say that we are hirelings of
Germany."

In turn, the early National Socialist German
Workers Party was very nearly an invention of the Soviets, one of many,
with the mission to bring down the elected German government and
install a socialist regime friendly to Moscow. The connection between
Russian and German socialists remained strong and mutually supportive.
The Luftwaffe, illegal under the terms of the World War I armistice,
trained on Russian airfields in the 1930s. The SD was modeled after the Russian NKVD,
the mass arrests and slave labor camps after the Soviet gulags.
When Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, it's
biggest trading partner, Russian freight trains were still rolling
through the front lines and into Germany, loaded with steel and grain.

One theory of history says Ernst Rohm, a
committed Marxist revolutionary and thoroughly contemptible in other
ways, was Moscow's preferred boss. His arrest and execution in 1934,
along with the rest of the Stormtrooper leadership, made the showdown of
1941 inevitable. Even so, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939 it was a
joint invasion with the Soviets. Much can been made of England and its
allies' failure to declare war on both the Soviet Union and
Germany. It suggests World War II in Europe was a contest between
National Socialism and International Socialism, and the Western Allies
made their choice.

All this, and the propaganda from both sides,
would lead a reasonable person to conclude ideology was the driving
force of the war. It was no such thing. The wars in Europe and the
Pacific were about what wars are always about, control of peoples and
resources. The socialist wave crested during the years between the end
of World War I and the start of World War II. These were years of
unending crisis, each more dire than the one before, each nudging the
hapless populace of Europe closer to a decisive catastrophe. At the end
of the war only international socialism was left standing, and its
formal embodiment outside the Soviet Union—the European Union, was
already in the planning. Only the United States has yet to declare
itself a socialist state, and so it is unnecessary, avoidable and
downright weird crisis are maturing thick and fast.

This regime admits crisis is opportunity. As with all socialist theatre, DC
contrives and directs crisis for its own purposes. President Obama, a
secretive man with a shadowy past and even more shadowy present, and
the permanent DC cadre of adaptable henchmen, fit the profile of ruin from within. Consider: state governments are all but captured by DC,
the middle class impoverished, the currency disemboweled. The military
is benumbed with purges and political correctness and non-military
missions amounting to social work. Citizenship and the vote have been
watered down, racial animosity ramped up, voter fraud mainstreamed, in
short, the whole basis of a democratic republic—its institutions,
traditions and values—is being discredited, anesthetized and smothered.

The first question of crime investigators, television aside, is: who benefits? The agents provocateur
themselves already are in control of the nation, shouldn't they be
consolidating power rather than diminishing the nation they control and
thereby diminishing their ability to influence international events,
or even to participate credibly? They don't appear to benefit and the
cause of international socialism doesn't appear to benefit, even though
the US has been its protector,
enabler and cash cow for most of a hundred years. Socialism isn't the
game itself, it's a management device, the industrial Team Concept writ
large. If not them, then who?

A case can be made for old-fashioned global power
politics, but the beneficiary is far from obvious. If China is the
leading candidate it's hard to explain their single, consistent
political demand, which amounts to "leave us alone". And any scenario
involving the imposition of Islam comes up ninety-nine yards short of a
hundred if reality is given more weight than fantasy. Reality suggests
the West should invite Moslems to absent themselves from everywhere that
isn't Africa or Arabia, perhaps to return when they've accepted the
ninth to twenty-first centuries.

Still, all crime has a beneficiary, so again, who
benefits? Simple. As with any crime, the criminals benefit. For
example, who benefits from weakened or unenforced bank regulations?
Ahah! Who benefits from disarming crime victims—the criminal benefits.
Who benefits from open borders with Mexico, and who benefits from its
payoffs and money-laundering and campaign contributions? Criminals
again. Who benefits from selective enforcement of law, or of ignoring
the Constitution, or of circumventing its protections, or of learned
interpretations that insult reason itself? Who benefits from tax law so
complex and contradictory that even specialists merely take their best
guess, the taxpayer or the tax spender? But even these are incidental
to the main theft.

It's well said that the surest way to rob a bank
is to own the bank. The depositors just keep coming in, and week after
week they give you money, you give them a receipt, everybody's happy.
With socialism—and that's closest to what we have—whole nations are the
bank, and as with all conspiracies, you're either in or you're out,
getting the payoff or paying the payoff, riding the wagon or pulling the
wagon. No in between. And it's a mature criminal enterprise which
deploys market-tested brands—progressive, socialist, left, right,
Republican, Democrat, communist and so forth—and an exit strategy. In other words, it's a sting.

The beneficiaries are already world class
wealthy, but they're not quite done. When the weight of insolvency
brings about an event horizon, and it will, then they'll be
done. And they'll be gone, far away from the vortex. By then they'll
have ownership of nearly all actual wealth, and in every form worth
having. Productive farm land and all the earth's resources, for
instance. Everybody else, including the true believers and other useful
idiots, will be holding worthless claims on debt. The name brand
activists will merely end up with a taller pile of worthless paper than
the rest of 'em.

Those who say socialism works until they run out
of other people's money are close to the truth, it lasts until there's
nothing left to loot, and then they are gone. And the chattering about what went wrong will go on for years afterward. With some it will be the shame of being had but not quite knowing how, with others because they do
know how, but with most it will be the Stockholm Syndrome, "surely it
wasn't our leaders who fought for the working people and sincerely cared
about the least among us and were selfless enough to take our earnings
for our own good, to make a difference by investing in the future ... for a positive outcome ... in an inclusive environment ..."

So yes, DC is run by agents provocateur,
creating and using crisis after crisis to advance a colossal sting
operation, the bait being a glittering can't-lose proposition where
everybody wins. Everybody not in on the sting loses of course, which
means pretty much everybody, period.

Outraged
Swiss village of 1,000 residents forced to raise taxes after African
refugee mother-of-seven moves there and costs them £40,000 a month in
benefits, by John Hall at Mail Online.

Leftists - The left
isn't just inferior in muscular strength, reaction time in the eyes and
hands and the immune response. They are just inferior people, period.
Every single metric in existence demonstrates it. When they achieve
critical mass a civilization collapses. This happens around every 200
years on average, give or take a couple decades either way. Texas Arcane at vault-co.blogspot.com

England goes insane

A victim of Rotherham's child sex abuse scandal
confronted a man she says groomed her - but was left shocked when she
was the one arrested. The woman was shocked when she saw the man walking
through the town's centre on Friday and decided to challenge him over
the allegations. But she was tackled by two police officers and pushed
up against a wall during her 'thuggish' arrest, a witness has said,
reports Richard Spillett in this article, Rotherham child-sex victim confronts her alleged abuser in the street... but SHE is arrested by a van load of police, at Mail Online.

Liberal anticommunists thought we were being
judicious and fair-minded when we dismissed half of the Right's
complaint as crude blather. We were wrong; the Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss
really were guilty, the Hollywood Ten really were Stalinist tools, and
all of Joseph McCarthy's rants about “Communists in the State
Department” were essentially true. The Venona transcripts and other new
material leave no room for reasonable doubt on this score, says Eric
Raymond in this article, Gramscian damage, at Armed and Dangerous.

Here's what happened to diesel cars

I recently reviewed the 2014 VW Jetta TDI. For a modern car—relative to other modern cars—it delivers excellent fuel economy: 30 MPG in city driving and 42 MPG on the highway. But back in 1979, a VW Rabbit diesel delivered 45 MPG in city driving. And 57 on the highway. After 40 years of technological advances shouldn’t the 2014 Jetta deliver better economy than a Carter-era car? Well, it could, says Eric Peters in this article, The Diesel Dilemma, at Eric Peters Autos.

Excavating a Roman city frozen in the Third Century

The excavations at Zeugma, a frontier city of the
Roman Empire on the banks of the Euphrates River in what is now modern
Turkey, provide one of the best records of the domiciles and domestic
life of regular folks on the eastern edge of the Roman world. The site
was mostly intact, with military equipment, workshops, stunning mosaic
pavements, and everyday objects left in place on the day when the
Sasanian army swarmed and destroyed the city, says Terry Devitt in this
article, Excavation exposes Roman imperial outpost at its bitter end, at University of Wisconsin News.

About sending US military to Africa to fight the spread of Ebola - This is a terrible misuse of the U.S. military, and it comes at a terrible time when not only is the military really stretched thin, such that the U.S.
military can not take on another mission, it comes at a time when we
are reducing the military’s funding and the military’s numbers. If
military are required to combat the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, then the
first troops that should be involved are the 6,000 United Nations
peacekeeping forces that are already in the country. It doesn’t make
sense.Lt. Gen. William Boykin, Ret., via Jerome Corsi at wnd.com

Remus says - So, rhetoric aside, Africa is still the "white man's burden." Or common sense will get you nowhere. :)

Every deer hunter can agree that mature bucks are just… different.

Every year deer hunters take to the woods attempting to harvest their
buck of a lifetime. Fairly quickly, plan B usually takes hold and
filling their tags becomes the primary goal by the end of the season.

Most hunters might get just one chance at seeing a mature buck as
they are out hunting, but getting that buck within range of a firearm or
bow is a different matter of chance altogether.
Here are 5 things you should know about mature bucks that might help swing the odds more in your favor this season.

Having fewer guns lying around could mean they won’t end
up in the hands of a curious child, abusive spouse or suicidal person.
Having a gun at home makes it three times more likely that you’ll be
murdered by a family member or intimate partner, or successfully attempt
suicide.

A former colleague, who lived and worked in the U.S. on a valid work
permit, would travel back to Canada periodically to renew the permit.
It was, generally, an uncomplicated albeit annoying process, until the
time he was denied the renewal because he lacked physical proof that he
was college educated as per the work permit’s requirement. So, at his
own expense, he managed to secure his actual college diploma and return
to the border. But the U.S. border security guards did not believe the
diploma was valid, because it was in a different language.

President Obama and Vice President Biden announced a new
administration initiative to combat rape and sexual assault on college
campuses Friday. While the campaign urges public participation, those
who decide to sign on will forward their information to a liberal think
tank.

The campaign, dubbed “It’s On Us,” is being conducted in
collaboration with over 200 universities around the country, as well as
groups such as the NCAA and even the video game company Electronic Arts.
Celebrities are getting in on the act as well, joining Obama and Biden in a video to push the initiative.

Hollywood movie star Liam Neeson is not a fan of the Second
Amendment, despite the fact that many of the roles he’s played as of
late depict him as a good guy with a gun saving the day.

In an interview with The Independent, the 62-year-old Ireland native
and current New York resident was unequivocal about his support for
rolling back gun rights for law-abiding Americans.

“I am totally for gun control in the US. The population of America is
roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country,
which is terrifying,” explained Neeson.

“Every day we’re seeing some kid running rampant in a school. And do
you know what the gun lobby’s response to Newtown was?” he asked,
referring to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown,
Connecticut.

If you know your M1 Carbine history, you know that there was a select fire variant of the M1 made called the M3. (Incorrect the select fire version was the M2, the M3 was a M2 with an active infrared scope system.)

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The little M1 Carbine has been around for over 70 years now. Even though over 6.5 million of them were made, original shooters are getting harder to find and at an increasing cost. Sure, they are out there and there could be even more returning to the states if the government will allow them to be brought over from Korea. The M1 Carbine design was also made by a huge number of arms companies for sale to the civilian marksman. Yet some of those are not very well made. The early ones that used all USGI parts are usually good, but when those parts started to run out, the quality of these civilian carbines went down hill fast. But what if you want a new one?

An exodus of top-level officials from the Department of Homeland
Security is undercutting the agency’s ability to stay ahead of a range
of emerging threats, including potential terrorist strikes and
cyberattacks, according to interviews with current and former officials.

Over
the past four years, employees have left DHS at a rate nearly twice as
fast as in the federal government overall, and the trend is
accelerating, according to a review of a federal database.

A few days ago, I wrote about the incredibly vile and dangerous article
penned by Obamacare architect and Obama official Ezekiel Emanuel,
making the case that 75 years is long enough for everyone to live. That
way, the government saves a lot of money, you see. And besides, the
“quality of life” is too low in the seventies, or so it seems to Dr. E
at his current stage in life.

Perhaps I should have saved myself some trouble, because master satirist Big Fur Hat
has once again shown that a picture is worth a thousand words, in a
blog titled, “Raquel Welch Just Turned 74, Zeke Emanuel Says Next Year
She Should Kill Herself”:

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.